Sylvester Stallone

Director Walter Hill brings a Bullet (and Ideas) to Your Head

Selling of the Governator, 2013

That Cocky Rocky

Waits Variations

Six ways of looking at Tom Waits, character actor

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From August 13 to 19

You can actually comfortably go outside today! The temperatures are supposed to be in the 80s. It's been so damn oppressively damn hot this whole damn summer that this respite, however brief, is newsworthy on even a music blog. My massively overtaxed air conditioner is assuredly on its last leg, but ... More >>

The 2012 RFT Music Showcase Lineup for June 2

Punk: Meet the 2012 RFT Music Award Nominees

The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is two weeks away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Throughout May, we've been making our cases for all 125 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year, introducing the nominees from one or more o ... More >>

Ten Japanese Food Ads Featuring Western Superstars

Advertising products they'd never endorse in the United States, American celebrities have always looked to Japan for extra income. Which is a shame, because Americans would have loved to have seen a post-prison James Brown shilling Cup o' Noodles in 1991.

Sly Stallone's Pudding, Ron Jeremy's Rum: Most Appetite-Curbing Celeb Food Products

Yesterday we questioned the proliferation of celebrity-owned chicken restaurants, with the opening of Flavor Flav's first Flav's Fried Chicken in Clinton, Iowa. But Flav's foray into food service left us with a second question: do you really want to eat food made by this guy? VH1 TV Shows | Music V ... More >>

The Micky Ward story falls through the ropes in a too-familiar The Fighter

Five Cardinals You Don't Ever Want to Piss Off

​So the great fracas that was the Reds/Cardinals series is over, with our boys in red roundly thumping their boys in red and taking over sole possession of first place in the National League Central. The series was an outstanding one, full of drama and heartbreak and brilliance on both the offensi ... More >>

Sly and the family Stallone get nostalgic for their legacy of brutality in The Expendables

10 Things to do for $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, May 14-16, 2010

It's that time of week again -- you're hopefully left with at least a few hours of free time where you can decide to do whatever you feel like: No time-sucking birthday lunches, Saturday morning soccer games or shift-covering for your slacker of a coworker. ("How has he not been fired yet?" you may ... More >>

Be Kind, Grind

Hulk Hogan Tonight at Downtown St. Louis Library

​Oh yeah, brother!Terry Bollea -- a.k.a. Hulk Hogan -- will be appearing tonight at the central library downtown from 7 to 10 p.m. Read the RFT preview of the Hulk's visit.The Hulkster swings through St. Louis to support his new autobiography "Hulk Hogan: My Life Outside the Ring", and guess what? ... More >>

Frankenstein for President

Big Funny: Founder Bill Chott and his fellow improv tricksters aim to bring back the glory days of St. Louis sketch comedy

Summertime St. Louis: Summer of Salvation. The Terminator is back. Plus, 39 other movies we can't wait to see this season.

Put Up Your Dukes: The Contender, a new boxing reality show, features local fighter Ryan Coyne

Thursday, Blood Thursday

Blood Letting: The Mexican explains why Hispanics love to rent Blood In, Blood Out

Sundance 2008's buzz is barely audible.

But Sugar is sweet and Traces of the Trade leaves its mark.

Bartles & James Fuzzy Navel Flavored Malt Cooler

Rocky v. Ahmadinejad

Another sequel, another chance for Rocky to persevere for America.

A Masterpiece on Canvas

Week of December 7, 2006

Tortilla Flat

Nacho's funnier than Napoleon, which ain't sayin much

Unamerican Dream

Goal! follows an immigrant's pursuit of a European fantasy

Boulders, Damn!

A Few Dollars Left

Eastwood's latest Baby proves he's still a money player

Bar Code

Laws of Attraction is so generic, it oughta be illegal

SpongeBob Ballard

Welcome, undersea friend

Lost but Not Forgotten

Indie films bitch-slap complacency

Virtual Family

It's the Spy Kids in 3-D, but where are Mom and Dad?

Piano Men

Key-ticklers at the Drake Bar and the Big Bang reinvigorate the old piano-bar concept

Bobby Love

De Niro -- no surprise -- is the reason to like City by the Sea

Cumming Up

Is he a writer, director, actor or...sex symbol? Um, yes -- and more.

Boogie Nights

Bring in da funk, bring in da bucks: backstage with Dr. Zhivegas, St. Louis' most popular -- and derided -- cover band

Brain Freeze

Too many shocks numb the senses in Vertical Limit

Girlfight

Written and directed by Karyn Kusama

The Talking Penis

Basic Instinct author crawls up Bill Clinton's pants and hangs on tight